History, doctrine, culture, books

The End of Sam Harris

Get Religion posted "Covering Shallow Arguments," a short post on Letter to a Christian Nation, the new Sam Harris book. The title to the GR post says it all. It discusses this review of the new book from the Washington Post. No one seems too impressed with Harris, except for the fact that his books are bestsellers. Go figure. In recent weeks I posted two sets of comments on The End of Faith, his first book: The End of Faith: A Preview, and A Tree Died For This?

Mormon Books 2013-14

Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of MormonismGivens and Grow's warts-and-all biography of this energetic missionary, author, and apostle whose LDS career spanned Joseph Smith's life, the emigration to Utah, and Brigham Young's early leadership of the Church in Utah. My Review